Just for Fun: Top 25 Seagate Data Sheet Acronyms

Did you get the TPC reports done? What about the GTM on the ASD? And where are we with the POV on BD? Sound familiar?

Acronyms must be in the DNA of nearly every tech company on the planet.

The problem with acronyms, if you’re not in the loop, you get lost. Even here at Seagate, we have a glossary of internal acronyms to help new employees translate what the heck people are saying. Believe me, I used it for about a year, and still refer back to it from time to time.

This blog post on Tech Republic titled “50 terms and acronyms for VMware that you should know” inspired me to offer the same for Seagate. There are way to many to list here, so let’s start with something simple like those found on a typical data sheet.

TCO: Total Cost of Ownership

ISE: Instant Secure Erase

SED: Self Encrypting Drive

RPM: Rotations Per Minute

Gb/s: Gigabits Per Second

TB: Terabytes

SATA: Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

SAS: Serial Attached SCSI

SCSI: Small Computer System Interface

MB: Megabytes

MB/s: Megabytes Per Second

ms: milliseconds

S.M.A.R.T: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology

GB: Gigabytes

I/O: Input Output

IOPS: Input/Output Operations Per Second

CPU: Central Processing Unit

SSD: Solid State Drive

HDD: Hard Disk Drive

SSHD: Solid State Hybrid Drive

MLC: Multi-level Cell

SLC: Single-level Cell

TBW: Terabytes Written

PI: Protection Information

FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standard

I am sure there are many more of these throughout seagate.com. If you come across any, let us know and we’ll attempt to decipher them for you.